Five years ago, it was a fresh-faced Jesse McCartney who was an MTV Video Music Awards virgin. He was up for Best Pop Video for “Beautiful Soul,” and says that even though he didn’t win, it was an exciting moment for him in his burgeoning music career.
Jane’s Addiction said Monday it has parted ways with its latest bass player, former Guns N’ Roses member Duff McKagan, five months after announcing his addition to the oft-vacated post.
The Sex Pistols’ latest attempt to get up people’s noses comes in the form of their own branded perfume. While fragrance launches from music stars like Britney Spears, Sean “Diddy” Combs and Avril Lavigne have become commonplace, it’s still an eyebrow-raising move from the legendary punk band, which has been better-known for making cash from chaos than cologne. The unisex scent, which comes in a striking, tartan-topped bottle featuring the band’s classic “God Save the Queen” imagery, is a collaboration with Paris-based perfume brand Etat Libre d’Orange, which licensed the Sex Pistols name from the band’s merchandising partner Live Nation… Read more »
Boston pop/rock outfit Stay is a band on the move.
The normal buzzing and ruckus in Lowertown St. Paul is due to the recent construction on practically every street, but on July 31st, the loud noise was due to the inaugural Lowertown Music Fest. A celebration of Minnesota’s music scene, the festival showcases multiple hometown musicians and bands, while bringing in one international act.
Adam Duritz of Counting Crows dishes about the second “Traveling Circus & Medicine Show,” the current state of the music industry and more.
Music labels and radio broadcasters can’t agree on much, including whether radio should be forced to turn over hundreds of millions of dollars a year to pay for the music it plays. But the two sides can agree on this: Congress should mandate that FM radio receivers be built into cell phones, PDAs, and other portable electronics.
After a hectic summer, The Great Valley released its free acoustic EP, Stripped, through AOL Radio Aug. 10. Recently idobi had the chance to ask this literal band of brothers some questions about its new EP, summer activities and future plans.
Though it has been six years since Something Corporate released new music, the influential tunes haven’t escaped from fans’ hearts.
Both men agree it is classic sinners versus saints.
